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page number 87 Nov - a detachment after them, but of course they could not be found. 9. The Colonel and Paymaster escorted by 30 of the 2nd Cavalry came up today. This is the 27th Inf. now, and Genl. Smith of Ill. is Colonel. A Company of the 2nd Cav. has come up to Phil. Kearney, and are going to run the mail. They propose to run direct from Phil Kearney to Fort Casper, which is only 80 miles distant. I hope we may get the mails more regularly then. The Col. brought a few letters: nothing that might be called a mail. 10th. The paymaster paid off the troops in the evening after dark.